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Room for optimism: review of Akshat Rathi’s Climate Capitalism

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Room for optimism: review of Akshat Rathi’s Climate Capitalism

Solar panels in the Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Modern economic growth and rising demand for goods at relatively lower prices have led to inevitable exploitation of nature, and consequent climate change. There is no denying that unfettered capitalism has contributed to over extraction of natural resources and increasing emission of…

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Climate change could cut global income by 19% in 25 years, finds study

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Climate change could cut global income by 19% in 25 years, finds study

Image of people watching a sunset for representation | Photo Credit: AP The global economy is expected to lose about 19% income in the next 25 years due to climate change, with countries least responsible for the problem and having minimum resources to adapt to impacts suffering the most, according to a new study published…

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Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘one of the most severe’ coral bleaching events on record

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Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘one of the most severe’ coral bleaching events on record

Australia’s famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens. For 33 years marine biologist Anne Hoggett has lived and worked on Lizard Island, a small slice of tropical paradise off Australia’s northeast tip. She…

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Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife

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Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife

The effects of ocean warming are profound and well-documented. But sometimes changes in the patterns of winds and ocean currents cause seawater to suddenly cool, instead. Surface temperatures can plummet rapidly — by 10ºC or more over a day or two. When these conditions persist for several days or weeks, the area experiences a “coldwave”, which…

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European court ruling puts cautious Swiss in climate bind

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European court ruling puts cautious Swiss in climate bind

Rosmarie Wydler-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of the court for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France April 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Switzerland…

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March is tenth straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

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March is tenth straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month, with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe’s oceans contributing. File | Photo Credit: AP For the tenth consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an…

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Canada’s Mild Winter Disrupts Key Ice Road To Remote Arctic Diamond Mines

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Canada’s Mild Winter Disrupts Key Ice Road To Remote Arctic Diamond Mines

Climate change pushed the world into record heat territory in 2023. Toronto: An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is rebuilt every year as the main conduit for Rio Tinto, Burgundy Mines , and De Beers to access their diamond mines in the…

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Actor Prakash Raj Meets Sonam Wangchuk In Leh, Supports His Hunger Strike, Statehood For Ladakh

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Actor Prakash Raj Meets Sonam Wangchuk In Leh, Supports His Hunger Strike, Statehood For Ladakh

Leh: Actor Prakash Raj on Tuesday visited climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was on hunger strike for nearly three weeks here to demand statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Raj, a vocal critic of the ruling BJP, extended his support to the Wangchuk-led protest and said when the…

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Fighting every wildfire makes bigger fires more extreme, study says

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Fighting every wildfire makes bigger fires more extreme, study says

A soldier works to contain wildfires in Nogales, in the High Mountains area of Veracruz state, Mexico, Monday, March 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires before the fires have burned even 100 acres. That may seem comforting, but decades of quickly suppressing fires…

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2023 Broke Every Single Climate Indicator: UN Weather Agency

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2023 Broke Every Single Climate Indicator: UN Weather Agency

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said the world has no time to spare. Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, and sea level rise all reached record highs in 2023, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released on Tuesday. The report, titled “State of the Global Climate 2023”,…

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